Crime & Safety
Drug and Domestic Abuse Trial for Father of Abducted Evansdale Girl Moved
Daniel Morrissey, 36, the father of Lyric Cook-Morrissey, has had his trial moved from Black Hawk County to Scott County.
Authorities have moved the drug and domestic abuse trial for a man who's daughter was one of the two Evansdale girls abducted and killed last year.
Publicity surrounding the Evansdale girls' case, which has been covered nationally, prompted the change in venue from Black Hawk County to Scott County, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports citing court filings.
Daniel Morrissey, 36, had battled legal woes throughout the heart-wrenching disappearance of his daughter Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and her cousin Elizabeth Collins, 8, near Meyers Lake in Evansdale on July 13. Their bodies were discovered in a remote area of Bremer County in December. No one has been charged.
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A judge ruled that Morrissey would not be able to receive fair trial in Black Hawk County because they would not be able to find an impartial jury.
A hearing will be held on Jan. 18 to set trial dates.
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